Another Manscaping Thread

syndalis

I have been shaving my business for a while now, but stopped the past few weeks to let it grow in long enough for me to try other options.

I hate shaving my balls 3-4 times a week to keep them smooth. It sucks.

I would love to get a treatment of some sort that lasts for a few weeks, that won't cause a chemical burn or rip my sack open.

Does anyone have advice in this area? Is sugaring better than waxing? Does Nair burn your testicles? Inquiring minds want to know.

PS: Live in NYC, so going to get shit professionally done is an option here, if there is a boutique or fancy option.

PPS: Not shooting lasers at my balls either.

neville

Nair WILL burn your junk, don't use it anywhere sensitive... balls, nipples, etc.
If hurting the area makes you cringe, don't go near it with that.

As far as good options, the old adage of "no pain, no gain" is pretty apt.
The options will either hurt, be expensive, or a mix of both.
Electrolysis is one of the better methods to keep hair from coming back in a place, but is moderately painful from what I hear and can be expensive, unless you get a home kit.

A boutique may do waxing/etc, although that will -definitely- hurt.

syndalis

neville wrote: »

Nair WILL burn your junk, don't use it anywhere sensitive... balls, nipples, etc.
If hurting the area makes you cringe, don't go near it with that.

As far as good options, the old adage of "no pain, no gain" is pretty apt.
The options will either hurt, be expensive, or a mix of both.
Electrolysis is one of the better methods to keep hair from coming back in a place, but is moderately painful from what I hear and can be expensive, unless you get a home kit.

A boutique may do waxing/etc, although that will -definitely- hurt.

Brief and sharp pain I am fine with.

Tearing my scrote open... not so much. I have heard horror stories regarding waxing, which is why I am curious about the whole sugaring thing.

Bliss 101

There are "sensitive skin" versions of Nair-like products. I've never had any problems with them, but I know people who did have a pretty nasty adverse reaction to it so.. try it at your own risk. It's super convenient if it happens to be suitable for your skin though.

Saddler

If you do get it waxed, I gather you want to make sure they don't double-dip used sticks in the wax pot. And waxing might run you around $50-60. This is NOT from personal experience, just research.

Spindizzy

Couldn't you just trim it really close? Dare I ask why you want to be hairless completely down there?

syndalis

Spindizzy wrote: »

Couldn't you just trim it really close? Dare I ask why you want to be hairless completely down there?

Trimming close is just irritating to me. I am a pretty hairy guy, and I am not going scorched earth on myself... I dont want to be hairless anywhere but the scrote, the taint and the shaft. Well, mostly because it feels wonderful, the woman likes it, and its an easier place to clean as a result.
Shaving is just too time consuming (10 minutes 3-4 times a week? blech).

matt has a problem

Just don't use Nair. For gods sakes, don't use Nair or any kind of depilatory cream. Even after you've frantically scrubbed it off in the shower while screaming, your vision obscured by tears and white hot agony, it will continue to burn for hours, if only to ensure that you'll be a warning to all others who foolishly ponder Nairing their balls.

AlyceInWonderland

I don't even have balls and I'm telling you don't use nair ever. It hardly even works anyway, and it buuurrns. I can't imagine how it'd feel on your sack.

DirtyDirtyVagrant

Also, under no circumstances do I recommend pulling even one hair from your sack by force. It is a new kind of hurt, trust me.

Improvolone

Tweeze your ball hair. Now decide, does this hurt too much too continue?
Man, you have some crazy ass ball hair. Min is pretty fine and shaving them smooth is easy peasy. I am so sorry for your condition.

Wootloops

Since you live in NYC, there's this place called Shobha that I can personally recommend. Girlfriend wanted hairless, didn't want to deal with shaving, made an appointment - the lady who did it was very professional, quick and as pleasant as someone can be when they're ripping hair from your sack. I think it runs somewhere around 40$ or so, lasts a couple weeks, well worth it. They do sugaring too, not sure if they'll do it right off the bat though.

Take a painkiller before you go, not so much for the pain involved (it's really not as bad as people say) but to keep inflammation down. Good luck.

syndalis

Shobha is exactly the kind of place I was looking for; gonna give the SoHo branch a shot sometime this weekend. Thanks!

edit: I'll come back and post how it turns out here. No pics, I promise.

Deebaser

Find out what backs cost while you're out, please. I've got a cruise in April and while chest hair is sexy to my ladyfriend, back hair is sexy to no one but furries.

Kou

I too, have always dreamed of a day where my taint and balls remain forever hairless. For too long I have searched of a painless hair removal method, because of this search I can give you this very important tip. Do not use paint thinner on your balls.

I thought it would merely weaken the hair and eventually taunt it into submission, instead I now cannot have children the way god intended me to. Thank god I froze all that sperm before I went to Mexico.

If you find this elusive painless method for ball hair removal, do not hesitate to PM me. I lust for the answer.

Magna Inferno

lol taint

PeregrineFalcon

syndalis wrote: »

Shaving is just too time consuming (10 minutes 3-4 times a week? blech).

It takes you ten minutes to shave your beanbag? Really? It takes me maybe thirty seconds to do the same general area.

Magna Inferno wrote: »

lol taint

You know why they call it the taint, right?

Cause it ain't your balls, and it ain't your asshole.

Chad Sexington

If you're shaving the taint, it's likely that you're also shaving your asshole. Are you shaving your asshole?

This is very important.

RUNN1NGMAN

Deebaser wrote: »

Find out what backs cost while you're out, please. I've got a cruise in April and while chest hair is sexy to my ladyfriend, back hair is sexy to no one but furries.

Getting my back hair waxed is one of the most painful experiences I have gone through--it is so not worth it. Laser, on the other hand, is a glorious thing. Hurts about the same, but at least it's permanent after about 5 appointments. I think they have new "pain-free" lasers too.

NargorothRiP

I used to shave down bare my balls, taint and asshole. However i got tired of the asshole ingrown hairs so i started using powerful enzymes to chemically remove the hair. All i gotta deal with now is an occasional open sore around my junk for a few days.

jclast

Nobody should ever listen to NargorothRiP. Open sore around the junk is not an acceptable side effect of anything. Ever.

PeregrineFalcon

jclast wrote: »

Nobody should ever listen to NargorothRiP. Open sore around the junk is not an acceptable side effect of anything. Ever.

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Eeveelution

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

jclast wrote: »

Nobody should ever listen to NargorothRiP. Open sore around the junk is not an acceptable side effect of anything. Ever.

Fucking limed, bolded, italicized, underlined, and increased in font size for pure undiluted truth.

That might not be from shaving.

Ask your last girlfriend how her herpes are doing.

neville

yeah, don't use chemicals there.
baaaad plan

Shogun

Ok all this Nair hate does not make sense to me. I have Nair'd my balls and the surrounding area several times with no adverse effects. Do you guys read the directions on the bottle? I know it says don't put it there but I've never had my skin even turn red let alone start burning uncontrollably. Is my skin just different from everyone else's?

Blake T

Think of it this way.

Nair is more caustic than oven cleaner.

Saying this I know a dude that uses it on his sack.

Diff'ent strokes and all that.

If you do want to try it out, for God's sake do not just later up the entire area and see how it feels.

Get the sensitive version put a small amount (half a penny size), closish to your junk and wait the alloted time, wash off and wait 20 minutes, it can still burn for a while afterwards

If that feels ok put the same amount on your balls.

(have a big bottle of aloe to go if it does hurt)

Wait the alloted time wash off and check out the area. If it's ok wait a day and check out the area, see if it damaged anything, if it does, then obviously all bets are off.

LoneIgadzra

Can I hijack this thread a little? Same problem, really, except I don't even understand how simply wasting 10 minutes shaving is possible in my situation. My "personal" hair is so coarse and abundant it may as well be a second beard, plus all the pores are raised + odd angle so using any kind of razor immediately results in bleeding. (How the hell is shaving possible even without this situation though? The overall landscape doesn't even approach the kind of sort of flat-ish, firm surface I'm comfortable putting a razor on.) What should I do?

Deebaser

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

jclast wrote: »

Nobody should ever listen to NargorothRiP. Open sore around the junk is not an acceptable side effect of anything. Ever.

Fucking limed, bolded, italicized, underlined, and increased in font size for pure undiluted truth.

I added more lime. I know it looks the same, but scope the code, it's there, and it's deserved.

Namel3ss

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-Norelco-BG2020-Bodygroom-Shaver/dp/B000EG8HLE

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This is super quick and easy, you can use it anywhere. Waterproof and self sharpening blades. Great product.

syndalis

So I went to Shobha in NYC, as mentioned earlier in the thread.

It was a very calm environment, the tech was clinical in her work, and while it hurt a little bit, it was not the life-altering pain people make it out to be.

I have some flaking / drying of the skin today (2 days out), but absolutely nothing has grown back, so this is quite the awesome thing, IMO (and a little moisturizer fixes that small issue. If it lasts for the next couple of weeks, then it was totally worth it.

All told, it cost me around 70-80 bucks.

Improvolone

Thats a wax?

TheMadHuntsman

God help me if I'm in the minority here. BUT WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WANT TO SHAVE YOUR BOYS?

Blake T

Because it makes them smell better (the bacteria that eats your sweat which makes them smell lives on your hair). It makes it look better. And quite frankly if you don't want to suck on a pair of hairy testicles why would a lady?

I mean who wants pubic hair in your teeth after deepthroating?

rfalias

I can get them pertty close with a trimmer most of the time, waxing is scary. Eek

syndalis

Improvolone wrote: »

Thats a wax?

yes. Male waxing is a bizarre process it seems; you have to basically help the technician out, spreading and holding things in place so that their hands are free to do the work. It was very clinical, and despite the tech being a very attractive woman, there was no arousal or response of any kind from me... possibly out of nervousness for what was happening, and mostly because she was just super professional.

Another day out, the dryness is gone, and things are still smooth and wonderful. By now, had I shaved, I would absolutely need to shave again because shit would be getting itchy downstairs.

Improvolone

Did you get your whole crotch waxed? That seems expensive for such a small area.

syndalis

Improvolone wrote: »

Did you get your whole crotch waxed? That seems expensive for such a small area.

Okay, details inbound.

I got the pubic area above the shaft trimmed down to a very neat shortness, the inner thigh, shaft, scrotum and crack were waxed. All told, it took about 30 minutes of tech time.

Improvolone

I would consider something like that. Now it does not sound as expensive; I thought you just got your balls done. Have your farts been louder? I've noticed that was the case when I get rid of my crack hair.

Namel3ss

Out of curiosity, do they do the laser hair removal for these more sensitive areas as well?

Improvolone

Yea, you can lazer your balls.

Cervetus

Namel3ss wrote: »

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-Norelco-BG2020-Bodygroom-Shaver/dp/B000EG8HLE

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This is super quick and easy, you can use it anywhere. Waterproof and self sharpening blades. Great product.

According to the chart on that page it does not have self-sharpening blades. It is a product I'm curious about, although I had to stop using an electric shaver on my face because it irritated my neck so much, and I can't imagine my ballskin is sterner stuff than my throat.